With all the changes that they made to Splinter Cell: Conviction, and a younger (in my opinion) looking Sam, I was already kind of wondering if this was perhaps a reboot of the franchise rather than an actual sequel. However, when they revealed that Sam's mission was one of revenge for his daughter's death, I thought that it might actually be a direct follow-up to Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Those of you who played it might remember that his daughter was killed in an accident at the beginning of that game. An event which, to me, felt like there was more to it than just a simple accident.
But this latest trailer has thrown my theory completely out of the window. You see, in the last trailer his daughter is clearly a adolescent girl, I'd estimate her no older than 8 or 10. However, in one of the previous Splinter Cell games (I believe Pandora Tomorrow), Sam is shown fishing with his daughter during the opening cut scene, in which she is clearly a teenager. So realistically by the time SC:DA got released, she would've at least been a young adult.
So now I'm once again wondering if this is a reboot of the franchise rather than a regular sequel. I'm not saying that I would mind a reboot, but I don't recall Ubisoft ever making such a statement.
What do you think? Is this a sequel, or a reboot?
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Apr 13, 2010
Splinter Cell: Conviction is the fifth installment in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell franchise. Sam Fisher breaks apart from the Third Echelon in order to find the people responsible for the death of his daughter, only to find that not everything is what it seems.
Is Splinter Cell: Conviction a reboot of the franchise?
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